“So that was your plan all along, huh?” Su Chen muttered to himself as he gazed up at the sky.

The world and the sky still seemed the same compared to moments ago.

The collapse of the Barrier had not resulted in any immediately obvious changes.

But as the Barrier fully collapsed, Su Chen could feel a certain sense of release take place in his heart.

The sensation that had disappeared was the rejection that he had felt from this world.

And now, with the collapse of the Barrier, that restriction had been lifted. Everything had changed.

They had stepped out of their cramped room and into a broad, vast area. Their hearts were finally free and unfettered.

“They,” of course, referred to the gods and not Su Chen.

Su Chen’s pride-driven mistake was understandable. After all, the Barrier of the Gods had stood the test of time for so many years without being destroyed. As such, he had instinctively assumed that the Barrier’s destruction could not be hastened by the gods.

Now, however, it appeared that he had been wrong. The gods actually did have a way to destroy the Barrier; the only caveat was that they had to sacrifice their own lives to fuel their desire.

During the Twilight of the Gods, the gods had discovered that they could accelerate the destruction of the Barrier by linking their vitality to it just before their death. However, the effect that this...